SECOND EDITION. PRESENCE OF MIND.
A day or two ago the guard of the morning train from Milton to Dunedin had 1 a narrow escape from what adgbt have proved a serious accident. He was going through the train checking tickets and while in the act of stopping from one platform to another he slipped on a wet foot-plate. and fell off. Ho fell clear of the carriage. The train was travelling at a good speed at the time, and the guard on touching.the ground rolled over several time*. Picking himself up with wonderful alacrity, bo lifted bis bat, regained possession of a pair of nippers he had let drop, and succeeded in catching bold of the fend of the train just a< it was ■ passing Ten seconds bad scarcely elapsed between the time of the guard falling off and regaining bis train, yet in this small space of time he exhibited great pluck and presence of mind. One of the passengers who witnessed the incident made his way into the van to inquire after the guard. He was found busily engaged in brushing the mud off his clothes, and on being asked what thoughts passed through his mind while performing his revolutionary motions on the grpund, “ Man,” he replied in all seriousness, “ I thought I was going to lose my nippers.”
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1113, 16 November 1883, Page 3
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222SECOND EDITION. PRESENCE OF MIND. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1113, 16 November 1883, Page 3
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